Features

Item details

This piece is an internal cut of pure Evergreen Jade™ with two flat faces and the rest composed of the stone's natural fracture surfaces. This piece is composed primarily of a single "seed" with some fracturing and a couple of small seeds around its edges. This piece has large enough solid sections = for small-scale sculptural work, but it is highly translucent, so it could also be cut into a large number of jewelry pieces with relatively little material loss. The piece as a whole contains very few spots, and is primarily composed of spot-free highly translucent green nephrite.

A picture of a test cabochon made from this material has been included for reference.

NOTE: This is outcrop material with introductory pricing for the first 100lbs. sold. Due to the fact that the material is harvested in outcrop, it can vary slightly in its characteristics, but so far our test work has shown that it can always be brought to a high polish if handled properly. If you have trouble with polish or any other aspect of the carving/cabbing process, please contact us at info [!at] washingtonjade.com. As always, our material is guaranteed, so you can try it out worry-free.

Shipping & policies

Estimated Shipping

We ship worldwide using USPS flat rate shipping boxes. For larger items requiring freight shipping, prices are approximate (based on estimated pricing for the Western continental United States) and will be recalculated based on your location.

Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:

Custom or personalized orders

Perishable products (like food or flowers)

Digital downloads

Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)

Conditions of return

Buyers are responsible for return shipping costs. If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value.

Additional return information

Unlike many jades harvested and sold out of Washington state which are misrepresented in their provenance or are just plain soft alluvial material, we guarantee our jades to be of the highest quality and all harvested from Bull Trout Jade's hardrock claims in the western Cascades or from the holdings of the company's trusted strategic partners. In addition, all of our materials are tested using Raman Spectroscopy to verify that they are in fact what we claim them to be. We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee on all of our sales from the date of receipt; just send back the unaltered material and we'll refund the original purchase price, no questions asked.

Additional policies

Additional policies

Washington's Premier Nephrite JadesFew know of the quality of the nephrite jades found in Washington. A handful of experienced and gifted collectors searching the rivers and streams find some of the world’s most beautiful and rarest varieties of nephrite jade; however, the treacherous mountains and heavy rainforests have conspired to keep the sources largely hidden. But gem grade nephrite jade is only found in special places. After several years we have learned a few of the secrets to finding these places.

Rarest of the Rare JadesWashington is one of the very few locations in the world where botryoidal jade is found. We call them Dragon Bubbles. But the best stones often find their way out of the state and lose their identity in the inscrutable realm of the international jade collector. Other stones containing some of Washington’s best gem grade nephrite jade find a similar fate as expensive jewelry and carvings. But what has been found in our Rivers and streams only hints at what remains to be revealed.

Jade Builds CommunityStronger that steel, tools made of jade were durable and saved labor helping early human communities to grow. This helped the Maori in New Zealand; the Olmec, Maya and Aztec in Mesoamerica; and the emerging dynasties in China to transcend the Stone Age in many ways, with jade becoming a cultural and spiritual centerpiece. In Washington, artifacts show that jade was used in trade and was an important part of early tribal cultures. A cottage industry harvesting local jade has sporadically followed. Currently, there is a tremendous international revival in jade that is catalyzing an explosive grass roots jade culture in Washington.

Artisanal Harvest PolicyThe beauty of our jades reflects the majesty and mystery of the mountains and forests in which it is found. To leave no impact, only very small amounts of the best gem grade material are harvested as the artisanal community’s needs are modest. This takes patience as each boulder must be evaluated for both its artistic potential and for its place in the environment using state of the art technology. Appropriate boulders are then carefully removed using experienced hands with a commitment to stewardship and with the intent to establish best practices for the harvest of jade.

Artisinal ReservesBTJ maintains a carver’s reserve of gem grade material and a sculpture’s reserve of stones up to 1000 lbs collected from these claims. BTJ has also identified several dozen stones from 1000 pounds to several tons, some of which will comprise an in situ sculptors’ reserve. Under this program, sculptors can select stones in the field for specific projects and BTJ will harvest the stones. BTJ currently offers consignment terms at favorable prices to local artisans on a case by case basis.